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Şehrinaz Polat1, Leyla Afşar Doğrusöz2, Aslı Yeşil3
1Faculty of Nursing, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Purpose:
To determine the relationship between nurses' cognitive flexibility and happiness and the factors affecting them.
Design And Methods:
A Nurse Information Form prepared by the researchers, a Cognitive Flexibility Inventory, and the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire Short Form were administered to 722 nurses working at the Istanbul Medical Faculty Hospital. This was a descriptive and cross-sectional study.
Results:
Nurses' cognitive flexibilities had a positive and significant relationship with happiness (p < 0.05). The power of explaining happiness was R2 = 28.6% for cognitive flexibility.
Conclusion:
Regarded as a significant factor for people's happiness, the impact of cognitive flexibility on nurses' happiness was examined in this study.
Practice Implications:
It is recommended to develop educational programs that improve the cognitive flexibility of nurses.
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